ann kiemel

Tuesday, November 5

no matter where

you are tonight...

or your children.

no matter

how

hopeless you feel.

how alone.

how narrow the road looks.

how closed in the walls feel.

how low the clouds.

how short you are on

rent. how ill the one

you love is.

or...

maybe

you just found out

someone molested your

child. or made fun of one

at school. or even did harm.

just regardless.

neglected or abused or

betrayed or misread in some

crazy, bizarre way.

remember.

Jesus reigns.

He's alive. risen. the Redeemer.

Deliverer. the true Comforter.

and...

we have to run the Race.

face the horrors and live with

the fears. crawl out of the safety

and warmth of the bedcovers

where pain cannot touch us...and into

the raw, cold realities.

BUT...

".....we KNOW that ALL things

work together for good to those

who love God..." romans

"trust in the Lord with All thine

heart, and lean not on thine own

understanding; in ALL thy ways

acknowledge Him, and He WILL

direct thy paths." proverbs

"a bruised reed He will NOT

break..."

our heads hang down

and our bones break

and death sometimes seems

so much easier than the

option of life.

alcohol and drugs and food

and sex and pills and many

more vices lure us. numb us.

i know.

i understand.

i've lived long enough

to see and experience much

of this. but let's do our best

to encircle our loved ones..and

those we've never met before.

and cling to the ROCK that

is higher than we are.

and the cool waters

of His love can kiss the wounds.

run River run. keep us whole

until the Race is finally over.

our burdens dropped outside

the Gate. and we dance on

streets of gold and sing

with the choirs. with all

those who overcame...

by the Blood of the Lamb..

and the Word of our testimony.

"the Power greater than

ourselves..."

2 comments:

Call4BuckNovember 5, 2013 at 3:05 PM
Thank you, Ann. Timely...of course. Have never met you but know Jan.
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ElizabethNovember 5, 2013 at 10:03 PM
Amen.
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Ann passed away on March 1, 2014.
A few words about our dear friend:

Ann Kiemel began her ministry as an ordinary girl who was determined to reach her neighborhood for Jesus. She penned her first book, I’m Out to Change My World, while still in her twenties. Millions of readers were moved by her simple faith and her desire to share Jesus in everyday, divine appointments. Despite the lack of any formal publicity, her first book became a bestseller through word-of-mouth.
Ann went on to Author several best-selling books, speaking in coliseums across the country and appearing as a guest speaker on Christian television programs such as the 700 Club, PTL, TBN, and Robert Schuller’s Hour of Power. Ann has been featured numerous times on Dr. Dobson’s Focus on the Family radio broadcasts, most recently as an expert on single parenting.

Although Ann shared the stage with some of the most well-known and influential Authors and Speakers in the world, she is remembered most by her humble presentation. Quietly seated on a stool in the middle of a large platform, she would begin…“Hi, I’m Ann. I am one simple woman in the world. I have never shaken hands with the President. I cry. Sometimes I am insecure. I am only one, but I have come tonight to tell you I am one… and Jesus and I and love are out to change the world.” Thousands of attentive fans sat on the edge of their seats, hanging onto her every word, laughing and crying together as Ann declared her love for a personal Lord…One who walked with her and talked with her on lonely days. She ran marathons, singing simple little songs to fellow runners with one overwhelming hope in mind – to win others to Jesus by building bridges to them. Her rare vulnerability and genuine faith in brighter tomorrows inspired others to dream big and believe that with God, they too, could make a difference in their world.

Some people consider Ann Kiemel to be one of the most authentic voices in the Christian community. Others refer to her as a best-selling Author of seventeen books, many of which have been passed on as inspirational classics over the past three decades. Bottom line: Ann was a gifted Author and Speaker who had a pure heart and a vision for what an extraordinary God can do in the lives of ordinary people.

After many years as a successful Speaker and Author, God answered Ann’s yearning for a husband at the age of thirty-five. Several years and many miscarriages later, Ann became the mother of four adopted sons, revolutionizing the way that many viewed open adoption. Soon thereafter, Ann realized that she had become addicted to pain medication. She entered a thirty-day secular rehab program and discovered that her addiction ran even deeper - she had become addicted to the praise and approval of others. She recounts the loneliness, pain, and ultimate deliverance in her seventeenth book, Seduced by Success – No Longer Addicted to Praise, Pills and Performance.

After offering her inadequacies to the Lord and praying for wholeness, Ann had found her way back to her first love. The heart of her ministry had changed, and Jesus was now the star. Her husband, Will Anderson, would battle cancer for eighteen months, and Ann would become a single mother of four priceless treasures. She held a deep conviction that she, alone, needed to be fully present with her children. With this is mind, she quietly walked away from the stage.

In the fall of 2008, Ann’s youngest last son left home. At the same time, a renewed interest in Ann’s ministry began to develop. Hundreds of thousands of loyal readers began searching for her, longing to hear how God had been working in her life, wanting her message to be heard by the next generation. In response to the interest of her fans, a simple blog was created. People from all over the world began chiming in, supporting one of their favorite best-selling Authors from the 1970’s and 1980’s.

Many of her books are available for purchase on Amazon.com and other places.

Ann was the mother of four boys and lived on the West coast in close proximity to her children and her twin sister, Jan.